Grape
Shiraz
Cabernet Sauvignon
Ratings
*Penfolds – Icon & Luxury Range
Outstanding – by Langton’s Classification Australian Wine
Jeremy Oliver 93
James Halliday 89
Wine Spectator 88
Tasting Notes
Colour : Deep purple.
Nose : Varietal Shiraz, minus oak! Aromas of stewed
raspberries and loganberries, plus savoury, meaty
nuances and hints of chocolate, cocoa and black
tea in the background.
Palate : Mouthfilling and expansive, yet perfectly poised.
Generously fruity, with liqueur chocolate and
dried fruit flavours adding complexity. Long and
lingering, with attractive, velvety tannins. Will
drink beautifully on release.
-by Official Website
Following the freakish 1996 wine isn’t easy, but the 1997 St Henri is a
generously flavoured and competent, if slightly simple and porty
successor with attractively spicy, minty and boiled confection-like
aromas of red and black berries. Typically backward in the oak
department, it’s soft and supple, with vibrant dark plum and cherry
fruit, tightly-knit tannins and a savoury finish.
-by Jeremy Oliver
Medium red-purple; a moderately
intense, clean bouquet has a range of savoury blackberry fruit aromas
supported by the typically subtle oak. An elegant, medium-bodied palate
with chocolate/savoury/berry flavours, the oak balanced and integrated,
the tannins correct. Not the least bit flashy; in a curious way, a
wholly appropriate 40th anniversary wine.
-by James Halliday
Firm and focused, a juicy Shiraz, with plenty of black cherry, plum and
smoky black pepper aromas and flavors on fine-grained tannins. Flavors
echo nicely. 20,000 cases made.
-by Wine Spectator